Category: Science

Quick facts What it is: Andromeda galaxy (M31) Where it is: 2.5 million light-years away, in the constellation Andromeda When it was shared: July 27

Climate change’s impacts are being felt everywhere, from health and food security to extreme weather , sea level rise and collapsing ecosystems. World leaders have

Biodiversity loss has been recognized as a threat to global stability for decades. The decline in overall diversity of species on our planet, either through

A modern-day re-creation of how a woman in Britain may have fought around the first century A.D. (Image credit: Alamy) The ancient Celts thrived in

A bright orange sunburst illuminates Earth’s atmosphere during an orbital sunrise in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above

LONDON — In the packed halls of the recent Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in mid-July, over 10,000 experts in brain research discussed strategies to beat

Skywatchers across North America and Europe should mark Wednesday, Aug. 12 on their calendars. From a daytime solar eclipse to the peak of the Perseid

Happy Shark Week , science fans! To mark the occasion, we had a flurry of fishy features this week, including a first look at the

Cats are known for the whiskers on their faces. However, if you look closely, you can see that they also have whiskers on their legs.

Researchers tracked a prescribed grassland fire using infrasound, sound waves pitched too low for people to hear.

Gun violence is a uniquely American epidemic, according to Dr. Selwyn Rogers Jr. , the founding director of the University of Chicago Medicine Trauma Center.

Science word of the day: Allele Pronunciation: Ah-LEEL’ What it means: Genes contain the instructions for the various proteins that determine traits, such as eye

In a string of a dozen small galaxies hung in the sky like a row of cosmic fairy lights, astronomers have discovered a small, ghostly

I’ll just say it: What the hell is going on with AI “reasoning”? Sorry for the air quotes. That punctuational side-eye was more common in